“We should strive together, to bring an end to the era of extremist terrorism
so that the peace and love and fraternity – which is lost because of unfortunate
extremistic activity in the last decade – should come to end and we may restore
the peace, love and smiles on the faces of mankind,” Tahir-ul- Qadri

“I want to address those who are lost, who have a total misconception of jihad
— I want to send them a message — come back to normal life. Whatever you’re doing
is totally against Islam,” he told the audience. He said his message is primarily
aimed at people who are on the edge of being radicalized — not those who had already
been “brainwashed.”